Monday, May 9, 2016

Actually, for any teachers and librarians out there, you can meet me a day early at the Librarian and Educator Day on Friday, May 13. I'll be part of the 10:15am panel, "Touchy Subjects":

10:15AM

Comics 201: Touchy Subjects

Comics, like other forms of literature,
sometimes cover tough subjects like death, race, sexuality, gender
identity and poverty. But do comics that cover challenging or
controversial subjects face more scrutiny than other texts on the same
subjects? A roundtable discussion between writer and sex educator Cory Silverberg, educator Fatma Faraj, comic artist Matt Holm and children’s librarian Scott Robins will
look at what subjects comics are covering and how this fear of certain
subjects plays out differently with comics than with other media.

Even if you're not coming for L&E Day, I'll be around plenty this weekend, doing more presentations and signing books like BABYMOUSE GOES FOR THE GOLD, COMICS SQUAD: LUNCH, and even our new "My First Comics" board books series for the very young, I'M GRUMPY & I'M SUNNY. Here's the rundown:

SUNDAY, MAY 1511AM Book signing at the Penguin Random House table (#113)

12:15PM Panel: Memoir for Kids: "Raina Telgemeier (Smile), Tillie Walden (A City Inside), Matt Holm (Babymouse), Dasha Tolshikova (A Year Without Mom), have scrapbooked the life lessons they learned in their childhoods for comics consumption. How do you best package memories that are both close and far away, in a way that is purposefully impactful to young lives growing up like you? Moderated by Mariko Tamaki. Marriott Forest Hill Ballroom